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The Acolyte
The Acolyte

The Acolyte

Artist (1840 - 1905)
Date1873
MediumWatercolour and gouache on paper
Dimensions23 x 23 cm
ClassificationsMixed Media
Credit LineCollection & image © Hugh Lane Gallery. Lane Gift, 1912.
Object number81
DescriptionThis picture shows a wizen old man, in the robes of an Orthodox priest, holding a crystal ball in his left hand and grasping the arm of a young man with his right. The young man is wearing a white rode and is holding a long rod with a scarlet ribbon loosely wrapped around it. There is a panelled wall behind the men: the lower half is painted black and the upper part is white.
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